Zia charges past Telian and Zoe to run headlong into the smoke because... ...Her only other action is to free Galruin and she's still mad at him. Geronimo, bitches. She swings with her shiny new sword that I need to know the stats for.

[For everyone but Zia] Zia charges into the smoke, swinging her sword. You hear sounds of scuffling, but not much in the way of, say, slicing or murder.

[For Zia] You charge into the smoke, sword out in front, but see too late where Bruthazmus is. He reaches out and grabs your arm in one big, meaty hand, and with the other arm tries to put you in a chokehold. You are now grappled.

The healing energies spread through the room, sealing minor wounds and lessening bleeding. Shalelu's face becomes less pale, and a few of her open wounds close. She remains barely concious, but is no longer bleeding out. Also awakening are a pair of goblin warriors who were just shy of death's door, blinking their eyes and trying to get their bearings. You push towards Shalelu and the throne, the heavy net weighing you down as you go.

Solberg has a bad thought about what might've just happened in there. He should be hearing more Zia-induced murder going on in there and he's not. And then he has a crazy thought about how to resolve that bad thought!

Get in there, find Zia and cast grease - not under her or her opponent, but directly on her / her armor.

(If Bruthazmus makes Solberg roll to defend himself before Solberg's next turn, burn a hero point to help Solberg's roll up.)

Solberg dashes into the smoke, his words of power echoing in the chamber. Once in the smoke, he sees Zia's outline, wrestling with the bugbear in the dark. Casting his spell, her skin and armor glistens with an oily sheen.

(Zia is now greased, and has a +10 to CMB to escape grapples, and +10 to CMD to avoid being grappled)

Melu does what seems the prudent thing to do: Move behind Telian and Xoe (R29) as she lifts her flute and plays a rallying song to inspire her allies. Cuz that's what she do, and it'll help going into the top of the second round...

You step over and begin to play, your beautiful music at odds with the awful decor. The goblin beside you, restored to conciousness by Galruin's magic, starts weakly bobbing his head in time with your song, entranced.

In the smoke, Bruthazmus tries to pull Zia in to a bear hug, but like a bar of soap she slips down, freeing herself from his grasp and getting a bit of room. The bugbear snarls at Solberg's interference, and draws his morningstar, ready to defend himself. The smoke still fills the doorway.

The ropes fall off Galruin as you dash through the smoke, squeezing past Solberg, ducking under Zia's axe... and getting tagged by Bruthazmus' morningstar as you find yourself on poor footing from doing so.

Xoe dashes into the smoke, right on Telian's tail. Wincing as the elf takes a hit, Xoe steps around the brute and discharges his pistol point-blank. The acrid smell of gunpowder fills the room as the blast takes off the bugbear's left ear, scorching his head and causing Bruthazmus to roar in pain and fury. He whirls to face Xoe, his face contorted with what can only be described as an answer to Xoe's question; unbridled, life-ending wrath. In the poor light of the storeroom and the smoke of the pistol, his eyes seem to be dark with otherwordly hate.

The blade in your hands is warm as you bring it around, promising great carnage to those it strikes. However, you are quite crowded in the small room, and the swing's power has much to be desired. Rather than piercing his back, your new sword glances off the boiled hide of his armor, cutting a gouge out of whatever cow or bear he slaughtered to make it.

Galruin, finally free from the net rushes to Shalelu and lays his hands on her. He channels his deities magic into the injured woman.

"Hang in there, the dawnstar blesses those who do her work."

(Move to q32 and sacrifice one of my lvl 2 spells for cure wounds. Paying from my mobile at work so feel free to fix something if it needs (Do arrows need removed or would mah magic spit them out as it healed?) and roll for me)

You approach Shalelu, putting one hand on her arm as you use the other to grip the arrow. As the healing warmth of your goddess flows into the elf, you pull the arrow out, allowing the magic to knit the wound. Some colour returns to her face, and she grins at you appreciatively. She's still fairly worse for wear, but she should be able to walk, perhaps even fight. From the sounds in the next room, it may come to that...

Since Solberg is carrying a longspear, it may not be possible to attack Bruthazmus from where he is - Idunno.

If Solberg CAN spear Bruthazmus from where he is, do that. If not, ready an action - if Bruthazmus becomes spearable at any point before Solberg's next turn, do that.

Solberg isn't attacking the goblins. They're not believed to be hostile right now, and the party did promise to try to minimize goblin casualties. If they DO become hostile, then Solberg will be fine attacking them.

As Melusina's song echoes into the storeroom, Bruthazmus lets out a snarl. Ducking under your sword blows, he lashes out with his morningstar, striking Telian right in the chest, sending the elf crashing into the boxes behind him, blood oozing from underneath his leather armor, and the corner of his mouth. Telian mutters for a moment, then falls unconcious.

Galruin looks shalelu over very quickly, doing his best to think on his feet.

"Shalelu, May the Dawnstar protect and guide you!"

as he hands her his scimitar he runs his hand along the back of the blade, igniting it with holy FIRE.

(I believe most people rule handing a weapon/item off as a move action on my part, so I will use my standard action to cast sun metal on it, 3 rounds of fiery goodness. if handing it over isn't a action then I will move in to tel's side at r34?)